Tasting
appellations whites wines
- Bourgogne blanc
- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse
- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Les Cras
- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Vieilles Vignes
- Pouilly-Fuissé
- Pouilly-Fuissé Clos des Quarts
- Pouilly-Fuissé Terroir de Fuissé
- Pouilly-Fuissé Terroir de Vergisson
- Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le Puits
- Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly
- Saint-Véran
- Saint-Véran Le Grand Bussière
- Viré-Clessé Terroir de Clessé
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- Saint-Véran
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Tasting notes
Fine green-gold colour
Nose: white flowers (mayflower).
Mouth: a supple and elegant wine with attractive aromatic freshness.
Best drunk on the fruit at 2-3 years.
Terroir
Quaternary clay-limestone soil (Bathonian)
Exposure: southerly
Altitude: 220 m
Slope: 5%
Site favours very early growth
Culture
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Planting density: 8,000 plants per hectare
Average yield: 50 hl/ha
Picking by hand
Soil working, no herbicide
Vinification
Direct pressing, gentle settling, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in oak barrels (new - 4 years old).
10 moths' elevage in barrel, racking, light filtration, bottling.
No fining.
MERLIN : WINE-GROWERS AND WINE-MAKERS. DIRECT SALES. - 71960 la Roche Vineuse
Téléphone: 03 85 36 62 09 - Fax: 03 85 36 66 45 - E-mail: contact@merlin-vins.fr - Internet: http://www.merlin-vins.com
Téléphone: 03 85 36 62 09 - Fax: 03 85 36 66 45 - E-mail: contact@merlin-vins.fr - Internet: http://www.merlin-vins.com